From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 1 10:43:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.inwind.it (relay1.inwind.it [212.141.53.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 521EF37B61A for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 10:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@inwind.it) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.78.194) by relay1.inwind.it; 1 Jul 2000 19:41:11 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:43:22 GMT Message-ID: <20000701.18432200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: trying to understand installing a device driver To: "leegold" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000501bfe37e$ef589e50$20e17ad1@beefstew> References: <000501bfe37e$ef589e50$20e17ad1@beefstew> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/1/00, 6:08:09 PM, "leegold" wrote=20 regarding trying to understand installing a device driver: > /usr/src/sys what is this dir for? > could someone explain what these cmds below are doing? > cd conf > patch < files.diff >=20 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````= ```` > ` > thanks Dear "Leegold", Unix System Resource(s) --> usr ; cd(1) stands for Change Directories;=20 "src" and "sys" are not difficult to interpret. As regards simple "Unix" commands, there are a few introductory=20 tutorials around; you may wish to have a look at e.g.=20 http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix.html (available in=20 several formats). =20 If you have a closer look at the /usr/src tree structure, some aspects=20 of its organization will become clearer; which tree is systematically=20 outlined in hier(7). =20 When you configure, compile and install a kernel, in fact, you go to=20 ... , and you do ... ;-) As to patch, you may wish to have a look at=20 patch(1). Finally, you might want to visit=20 http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html ; which page contains a=20 wealth of information (and related links) about Unix and FreeBSD. Have as much fun as you can :-)) Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message